Britford is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.

Retail in Britford

There are great places to visit near Britford including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.

The area around Britford boasts some of the best historic monuments including Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.

There are a number of ancient sites near Britford including Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill.

The area around Britford's best historic buildings can be found at Avebury Manor.

There are a several good country parks in the area around Britford like Coate Water Country Park.

Coate Water is a great place to visit close to Britford if you like lakes.

Places near Britford feature a number of interesting villages including Ashton Keynes.

Britford History

There are some historic monuments around Britford:

• Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation point
• Bowl barrow 100m north of Rox Hill Clump
• Bowl barrow on Homington Down, 725m south of Tottens Farm
• The Giant's Grave long barrow
• Medieval manorial buildings (uninhabited parts)
• Giant's Grave: a long barrow 400m north-west of Down Farm
• The Moot: a ringwork and bailey, earlier Roman settlement remains and later garden earthworks immediately east of the River Avon
• Old Sarum
• A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner
• Long barrow 600yds (550m) SE of Vanity
• Clearbury Down round barrow
• Long barrow on Little Toyd Down, 760m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
• Bowl barrow 250m south of Westfield Farm buildings
• Bowl barrow 450m ENE of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Barrows in Bath Hole and Bury Hill Plantations
• Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn
• Round barrow E of Downbarn West
• Group of barrows on North Hill Down
• Bowl barrow 300m north west of Lake House
• Churchyard cross
• The Poultry Cross
• Section of a linear boundary from 350m north east of Westfield Farm on Lake Down to Lake Bottom
• Bell barrow 300m ENE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
• Wick Down round barrow
• Bowl barrow 650m ESE of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Ten round barrows forming the Lake Down round barrow cemetery and a section of linear boundary crossing Lake Down
• Rockbourne Down, Spring Pond enclosure
• The Giant's Chair bell barrow
• Whitsbury hillfort
• Mizmaze on Breamore Down
• Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• 'Ende Burgh' long barrow
• Earthwork W of Woodford Clump
• Bowl barrow 530m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Roman road between A30 main road and Winterslow Corner
• Bowl barrow 535m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Heale Hill round barrows and earthworks
• Two disc barrows and two bowl barrows 900m north of Moll Harris's Clump on Idmiston Down
• Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point
• Linear boundary earthwork 250m west of Stockport
• Ancient cultivation terraces
• Bowl barrow 260m SSE of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• St Michael's Priory
• Barrow in Wilton Park
• Duck's Nest: a long barrow on Rockbourne Down
• Two bowl barrows 700m south of Springbottom Farm buildings
• Fussell's long barrow
• City rampart E of Council House
• Roman earthwork
• Village cross
• Ruined church of SS Mary and Nicholas
• Two bowl barrows 265m south of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Enclosure NW of Downbarn West
• Bell barrow 250m NNE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
• Two barrows NW of Little Down
• Romano-British settlement at Stratford sub Castle
• Bowl barrow 200m east of Lake Down round barrow cemetery north of Rox Hill
• Churchyard cross
• Bell barrow and bowl barrow 500m NNW of Long Orchard
• Saucer barrow 400m north east of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
• Newton Barrow
• Clearbury Ring
• Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
• Horse Barrow
• Woodbury ancient villages
• Medieval pottery kilns, Milford Farm
• Long barrow 700m north-west of Tenantry Farm
• Bell barrow, bowl barrow and section of hollow way 600m NNW of Long Orchard
• Packhorse bridge
• Bowl barrow 200m WNW of Lake House
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Figsbury Ring
• Odstock Copse earthwork
• Barrows forming part of a cemetery, 320m north west of The Pheasant Hotel
• Templeman's Farm round barrow
• Group of barrows W of Hooklands Plantation
• Round barrow SE of Cowdown Farm
• Harnham Bridge
• Gomeldon deserted village
• Bowl barrow 250m north west of Lake House
• Deserted medieval village, a bowl barrow, and part of a prehistoric field system opposite Lake House in Lake Bottom
• Knoll Camp hillfort, cross dyke, linear earthwork and hollow ways near Damerham Knoll
• Long barrow in Round Clump
• Bronze Age enclosure and two bowl barrows 520m north east of Moll Harris's Clump on Idmiston Down
• Bowl barrow 440m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Ogbury camp
• Long barrow, Winterbourne
• Milford Hill Bridge
• Bowl barrow 680m SSE of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Bowl barrow 50m south west of Rox Hill Clump
• Bell barrow, three bowl barrows and gas testing trenches on Idmiston Down
• Clarendon Palace
• Grim's Ditch